Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

People have the opportunity to discover more about the borough's fascinating history with three new talks offered by Great Yarmouth Heritage Guides.

Norfolk County Council is delighted to announce the official opening of the new Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth is scheduled for Thursday 1 February.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) has launched a new service to enable victims of domestic abuse to remain in their homes and avoid becoming homeless.

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Crematorium has donated £14,000 to charity by participating in the ICCM Recycling of Metals Scheme.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is celebrating the completion of a successful small electrical waste collection trial, which saw items recycled in both rural and urban areas.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 with its annual service in the borough.

Community and voluntary groups, arts and cultural organisations, businesses and individuals across the Great Yarmouth Borough and East Suffolk Council areas have given an enthusiastic welcome to the coastal region's entry into the race to become the UK City of Culture in 2025.

Young people and adults living and working in designated coastal parishes in the east of Norfolk are being asked to get tested from Thursday, 22 July after a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks.

Morgan Sindall, the council's main construction partner on the Marina Centre Development, is offering grants to local businesses, schools, community groups and charities in the Great Yarmouth borough, through their Customer Experience Initiative.

With a shared cultural history linked to the sea, beautiful beaches, historic buildings and bordered by the unique Broads National Park, Great Yarmouth Borough and East Suffolk Councils have joined forces for an exciting bid to become UK City of Culture 2025.

Today The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced almost £10million of funding to Great Yarmouth's Winter Gardens. Known as the 'People's Palace', the Grade II* listed Victorian building is the last surviving cast iron and glass structure of its type in the UK, and is currently at an acute and immediate risk of loss.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Out There Arts have announced the box office for tickets to the Fire on The Water extravaganza will be open from Monday July 12.

Guided Heritage walks got underway from July 1 through to the end of October, with support from the Go Trade project.

Today sees the first step in a major project to boost the region's offshore energy sector as demolition work begins on South Denes Road to facilitate the creation of a new £18 million Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Campus for Great Yarmouth.

As the nation continues on the road out of lockdown, Great Yarmouth Borough Council is distributing further grants to support businesses in the borough.

Are you feeding the gull problem? That's the question to householders as part of the awareness campaign relaunched by Great Yarmouth Borough Council to reduce nuisance from gulls in residential areas.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is recognising the community for their support in tackling anti-social behaviour, after securing a prison sentence against a man who caused issues on a housing estate.

A car enthusiast who pulled a flagrant stunt in front of police CCTV cameras on Great Yarmouth seafront has been ordered to pay a court bill of nearly £2,000, following enforcement action by Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk Constabulary.